Hannah Diviney

Author. Actor. Advocate. Writer. A storyteller with heart, endless ideas and huge ambition.

ABOUT ME: (PROFESSIONAL VERSION)

Hannah Diviney is a writer, disability advocate,  actress, screenwriter, speaker, author and media personality. Her disability advocacy has garnered global attention thanks to both a viral petition encouraging Disney to create a disabled Disney Princess and a successful campaign encouraging both Lizzo and Beyonce to change ableist lyrics. Her debut book, I’ll Let Myself In, a collection of personal essays chronicling what it means to come of age in a world not built for you was released in 2023. 

 As a writer, her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Mamamia and The Guardian among others. She’s the former Editor in Chief of global grassroots media company, Missing Perspectives which she also co-founded, dedicated to platforming and making space for the lived experience of women and girls around the world.  As if that wasn’t enough, she’s also an actor having made television history as the first disabled person in Australia to do a sex scene on television, thanks to SBS digital originals series, Latecomers. She made her feature film debut in SXSW premiere pick Audrey. She’s also one of only a handful of people with disabilities to have ever addressed the National Press Club of Australia across its 60+ year history.

A Lil’ Note From Me:

Hi there (: Welcome to my little corner of cyberspace. For all that professional stuff you just read, as impressive as it hopefully is, I’m also just a twenty-something pop culture obsessive who is actively trying to leave the world better than I found it. I’m a firm believer in the idea that from little things, big things grow, that the worst thing that can happen when you try to take a creative risk is the word ‘no’ and that everything is copy, exactly as Nora Ephron said. I can usually be found with my head in a book, blasting some tunes or diving deep into movies and TV. My main goal is to live as vibrantly as I can, as a disabled woman because we’ve been missing that for the longest time and visibility, representation, and living life are the keys to making things easier for the disabled community.

If you’re keen to get in touch, shoot me an email at hannah@hannahdiviney.com or come hang out over on Instagram